note 56294 deleted from function.readdir by sean

From: Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 23:56:25 +0000
Subject: note 56294 deleted from function.readdir by sean
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Note Submitter: beerdroid at g mail dot com ---- The following piece of code managed to bring down one of our servers to its knees. while (false !== ($file = readdir($invalid_handle)) { echo 'oh crap.'; } Be aware, apparently readdir's returned value isn't identical to false if the directory handle is invalid.

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